Finally recalls a less convincing version of those of Anthony Mann which managed realism and the mythic without a false note.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2007

Von Ancken at times brings his debut very close to something grand and memorable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2007

Messages, as Sam Goldwyn famously advised, are better left to Western Union.

| Aug 24, 2007

As the story self-destructs, we are left with the majestic scenery, photographed by John Toll, and the pleasure of two good actors from one side of the Atlantic stretching themselves to seem convincing on the other.

| Aug 24, 2007

A very impressive feature debut with this brutal western revenge thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2007

The edgy pleasure is to be found in the sheer brutality of the chase and the bitter struggle to survive the elements.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2007

The chase is on in brooding western Seraphim Falls, with Liam Neeson gunning for Pierce Brosnan across snowy mountains, river rapids and blazing desert.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2007

The overweight middle section is repetitive, contrived and, well, boring. But at least the views are spectacular and Brosnan, especially, is likeably quirky.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Aug 24, 2007

A revenge epic it may be, but a rip-roaring rampage it's not.

Full Review | Aug 24, 2007

Great performances, splendid looks, but its grip slackens toward a rather fuzzy finale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2007

It won't mark the return of the wild west, but it will make fans of the days when quick-drawing was a marketable skill and horses were a man's best friend very, very happy.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

A Western short on dialogue and long on pomposity, is little more than an extended chase scene down a snow-filled mountaintop to a desert floor.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 9, 2007

The technical revels are arresting, but Seraphim Falls is slow of motive and thin of plot -- a western that dies with its boots on.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2007

Though the chase threatens to go on too long, the suspense remains high because we don't know which man is the real villain, or if there's a villain at all.

Full Review | Feb 5, 2007

For all its manliness, the film works slightly better as a bitter romance gone postal.

| Original Score: 2/6 | Feb 3, 2007

Meditative, beautifully shot, and blessed with a healthy dose of cynicism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2007

Seraphim Falls isn't completely without interest, particularly for those of us who still like Westerns and bemoan their demise almost as much as we bemoan the demise of the movie musical.

| Original Score: B | Feb 1, 2007

It is not a terrible movie -- its beginning holds a certain promise -- just, finally, an unengaging one.

| Jan 31, 2007

The director, David Von Ancken, and his cinematographer, John Toll, do magical things with the ever-shifting light, and there are splendidly weird turns from Anjelica Huston as a snake-oil salesperson and Tom Noonan as a wagon-train Evangelist.

| Jan 30, 2007

Seraphim Falls is a psychological drama with an intriguing ambiguity that challenges the viewer's loyalties and preconceived notions.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 26, 2007